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Ending poverty as we know it : guaranteeing a right to a job at a living wage /
Across the United States tens of millions of people are working forty or more hours a week ... and living in poverty. This is surprising in a country where politicians promise that anyone who does their share, and works hard, will get ahead. InEnding Poverty As We Know It, William Quigley argues tha...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
Temple University Press,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements
- [pt.] 1. Introduction
- 1. Why a right to a job at a living wage?
- [pt.] 2. Reeducating ourselves about what it means to be poor
- 2. Myths and facts about poverty and work
- 3. Our history shapes our thinking
- 4. Current official definition of poverty
- 5. A new definition of poverty
- [pt.] 3. Poverty and lack of work
- 6. The extent of unemployment and underemployment
- 7. The cost of unemployment and underemployment
- [pt.] 4. Work and poverty
- 8. The working poor
- 9. Low-wage work
- [pt.] 5. A constitutional right to a job at a living wage
- 10. A constitutional amendment
- 11. Support for a right to a job
- 12. Support for a right to living wages
- 13. How might a constitutional amendment work?
- 14. The way to end poverty as we know it
- Notes
- Suggested web resources for further reading
- Selected bibliography
- Index.